A driver who was driving at three times the speed limit through Croydon during a police chase has been jailed and told he was “lucky” not to have hurt someone.

Oluwatosin Anidu was driving to Gravel Hill to look after his ill girlfriend, when police noticed the number plates on his car indicated it could be a stolen vehicle.

Police then pursued the 25-year-old, who was later found to have had two cannabis joints in his car.

The high-speed chase took place on April 16, at about 2pm.

Andrew Ramsubhag, prosecuting, told Croydon Crown Court: “[The marked police car] caught up with the vehicle and at that point the defendant accelerated away and then over a course of time the car went up Upper Shirley Road and Lower Addiscombe Road and the driver reached speeds of up to 50 to 60mph.”

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At the time of the crime, Anidu was awaiting sentencing for another crime which he is in prison for currently – possession of cocaine with intention to supply.

He was sentenced to four years in prison for that crime.

Anidu was also disqualified from driving at the time of the chase too.

On Wednesday (June 13) at Croydon Crown Court, Anidu was sentenced for dangerous driving, driving without insurance, driving while disqualified, possession of a class B drug and breaching a conditional discharge – all of which he pleaded guilty to.